Armed man kills self in Pa. sports store bathroom

Police say Mark McCarty, 58, of Levittown entered Dick’s Sporting Goods in Fairless Hills on Saturday night and asked to see a shotgun and ammunition at approximately 7 p.m. Once the clerk handed those over, the man pulled out a handgun — which was later found to be unloaded — and ordered the worker to undo the shotgun’s gun lock.

Police say the man then barricaded himself inside a bathroom in the Bucks County store. He didn’t take any hostages.

The Bensalem Patch reported that the police entry team used a robot to gain entry to the bathroom where the man was found lying on the floor with a self inflicted gunshot wound.

The store and nearby businesses were evacuated during the four-hour-long standoff.

Police said that McCarty has a history of confrontations.

Lt. Henry Ward said McCarty had been involved in a standoff with Middletown officers in 2002. The Bensalem Patch website reported McCarty was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility in 2010.

Bucks County Coroner Joseph Campbell said McCarty died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. No one else was hurt.